Dough-twisting



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SPECIFICATION Forming' part ei:` Letters Patent 559,323, dated April 28, 1896.

Applicationlcddsunaryl?,123 Serial N. 534,2l87. (No medal.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

`Be it knownthat NEWMAN EDRAKE, :t tnt-es. residing nt Jer" 1 Vin the coun'tyoi l'lndson and State ot' Flew Jersey, have invented certe-in new `ftnd useful Improvements in Dough-twisting hlnchilies, of 'Which-the following is 'a specifica torni seid'strsnds into n nniltiple twist in n plurntnnnher et sti-ends ol' tion.

lhisinvention relates to a. machine for pro d nein g twisted douglrstrnnds for the mannfnctnre of fancy cakes und ernekers.- Y

The object of the ,invention is toprovide t machine which will. eimnltnneousl y discharge dough and twist seid plural 'numbertogether, so as to `'the fashion of a. rope.` Any number of twisters may beiused in the `sinne innehine; rlhe multiple-twisted dough muy be cnt into short lengths end belted. i

The invention isi'llustrftted in the-nacompn'nying drawings, in which Figure l is n vertical. section o f thedugh# hopper with my improvements attached and showing the doughlst 'ands es they nre twisted and discharged onto an endless carrier. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing.;I the bottom plate of the hopper with my improvements attached, some of the nozzles or twisters being in dicnted by dotted lines.` Fig. is an inverted pla-n View of the bottom plete with my improvements, n. portion of the wormshal`t being broken away. Fig. 4 isn sectional View, on a, large scale, showin gthe do u gli-strand. twister. Fig. section View of the re'voluhle part of the twister. Fig.` 6 is a side View of the stationary socket. 2

It may be stated that the dough is contained in n hopper or box A of any desired form and having in' its bottonrone or more outlets b. A. roller 4(l is mounted horizontally in this hopper or hoxand servesv to feed or force the ll'rngh through the snid-outlet'in the bottom. 'this roller may be drivcirby any euitnhle power.

.ft revolnble dottgrh-diechnrging` device et' ninyLasseen in Fig.

stance ie below the bottoni of" the hopper.

One or more nozzles Earesupported on the f plate hyn flange flat the open end of the bn rrel part E', and the` closed end hasn plurnl number of separate discharge-outlets y, in the present instance threein number.` The en'- tire nozzle is revolnble independently of the liopper.`` The endlE, having the outlets, may be integral with theibarrel part E', orsnid end et, comprise reap E, having the on'tlets y and screwed onto the end of the hnrrelfll'.-` A stationary socket or coller ll. has :tI circumferential,flanged, through which screws j pass to holdlit tothe support ing-plate D,' and an end k the ilengefot' the. nozzle-bitrx'el restso'n the seid end While the barrel fills the socket or colla-rl and the discharging end or cap Ejprojects beyond socket; .A cover-plate D rest on `top f t vxesupp rtingfplnte D and covers` the jlltngedlendsxf of the nozzles. `The cover-plate Df keeps the nozzlesseated within the socketsll and th'e'nozzles revolve i n the sockets. Thiscover-plate has outlets ZJ', which coincide with the outlets b `in the hopper of the eollerproi jects or fits into t hole in .thev said plete, andn-nd also with the-open'ends of the nozzle-barrels. Thus the soft dough will pass. f

from the hopper through the outlets?) b into the twisters of nozzle-barrels E', and then will` discharge through the three separate outlets g, thereby forming three `individuel doughstrnnds Z, (see Fig. 1,) which erethen twisted?V together loosely, as at l', bythe revolution ofir the nozzle E.

As this machine is designed for ing cakes and crackers in lnrge'quantiti 1 l important to provide in a singleinntchinen n umher of dough-twister nozzles and .to in o'unt the dough-discharging device above alli-the nozzles, so that a uniform quanti' will he supplied alike and sirnnlt ne them all. The means for producing snlt will now be described.;- Each nozzle-barrelljhas :tn ext gear or teeth 7n', and ca .ehgsocketl las za, sidi opening.; fm', which exposeli.seidA genr-teoth- .The several revolniiie nozzles orltwfisters are side by side in e ,rnighth A. Worin-shelf t N- is mounted v and is parel-ietwhh the slmft of the feedin loca-rings'lo,` so nsto revolve,

roller C in the hopper, and said worin-shaft.

extends along the line of nozzles or twist-ers. (See Figs. 2 and 3, where the shaft is broken away and the broken part is indicated by broken lines.) All the sockets II are placed with their side openings m' facing the same way, so that the gear-teeth m of all the revoluble nozzles will be exposed in a row at the saine side, thereby enabling the worm-shaft N to meshor engage with all of them.

The worm-shaft has a small gear-wheel p, which meshes with a larger gear-wheel q on the shaft of the roller C, this gearing being such that the speed of revolution of all the dough-twisters Eis properly adjusted With respect to the speed of rotation of the single feed-roller C.

The dough-hopper A is mounted on any suitable su pport,'(not shown in the drawings) and below the dough-hopper is an endless belt or carrier r, Awhich is rmounted onsuitable rollers s s. This carrier maybe constructed in any of the well-known ways and may have a continuous motion or an intermittent motion. l

In operation several individual `doughstrands l discharge from each revoluble noz,-

. zle and are received on the endless carrier,

'and the revolution of the said nozzleserves to twist the separatey strands together, as at the said twisted part Z being carried away by the movement of thek endless carrier vfr. These multiple twists are then cut'by an attendant in any desired lengths and then baked.`

' .Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l.. In a machine for producing twisted doughstrands 'for cakes and crackers, the combination of a dough-hopper provided in its bottoni with a number of feed-openings, b; a supportin g-plate, D, mounted below the bottoni of the hopper and having holes coincident with said into one of said holes in the plate, and said l socket also provided with a side opening, m', below said flange; a revelublc nozzle-within each of said sockets and provided witha circumferential flange, f, which rests on the said upper end of the socket and with exterior gearteeth which are exposedat the said side opening of the socket, said nozzles each having a plural number of separat-e. discharge-outlets, tWand means engaging the exposed gear 'of the nozzles to revolve them.

2. In a 'machine for producing twisted doughstrands, the combination. of a stationary dough-hopper having in its bottom a number of dough-discharge openings, b; a supportingplate, l), mounted below'the bottom'of said hopper; a number of revoluble nozzles, E, mounted vertically on said supporting-plate, one below cach of said feed-ope`11`ings,an d each nozzle provided with a plural number of separate discharge-outlets, g; a feed-roller, C, in the dough-hopper extending above all of said feed-openings so as to feed a like quantity ot dough simultaneously to all the revoluble nozzles; a worin-shaft, N, extending parallel with -the shaft of the feed-roller and serving to revolve all of said vertical nozzles; and a gearwheel, p, on the worin-'shaft meshing with a gear-wheel, q, on the shaft of the feedfroller, whereby the speed of revolution of all the revoluble nozzles is properly adjusted with respect to the speed of rotation of the said 'feed-roller, substantially as` described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NEWMAN BRAKE.

Witnesses: Trios. F. GAFFNEY, WM. J. KEARNEY. 

